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Allied Warships

USS Swanson (DD 443)

Destroyer of the Benson / Gleaves class

NavyThe US Navy
TypeDestroyer
ClassBenson / Gleaves 
PennantDD 443 
Built byCharleston Navy Yard (Charleston, South Carolina, U.S.A.) 
Ordered 
Laid down15 Nov, 1939 
Launched2 Nov, 1940 
Commissioned29 May, 1941 
End service6 Mar, 1946 
Loss position
 
HistoryDecommissioned 6 March 1946.
Stricken 1 March 1971.
Sold 29 June 1972 and broken up for scrap. 

Noteable events involving Swanson include:

29 Jan, 1942
USS Swanson picks up 12 survivors from the Norwegian merchant Ringstad that was torpedoed and sunk on 24 January 1942, about 85 miles southeast of Cape Race in position 45º50'N, 51º04'W, by the German submarine U-333.

16 Nov, 1942
The German submarine U-173 was sunk at Casablanca in position 33º40'N, 07º35'W by depth charges from the US destroyers USS Woolsey, USS Swanson and USS Quick. (see map)


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